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Avian flu variant in mallard ducks in the Lake Constance district: precautionary measures and registration of poultry keeping
In a mallard hunted in the Salem area in the first calendar week of 2022, the Friedrich-Löffler-Institut found low-pathogenic (slightly disease-causing) bird flu viruses of the serotype H7 during preventive routine examinations. The veterinary office at the Bodenseekreis district office therefore asks for increased caution when keeping poultry.
At the end of the previous year, four swans and one goose found dead in the vicinity of Donaueschingen were officially diagnosed with avian influenza of the subtype H5N1. Because of the close proximity to Lake Constance, it is still to be expected that the epidemic will occur again in waterfowl around Lake Constance this winter. The Lake Constance District Veterinary Office rates the risk of further spread in water bird populations and entry into poultry holdings as high. According to the Robert Koch Institute, the risk of transmission to humans is very low.
Avian flu variant in mallard ducks in the Lake Constance district: precautionary measures and registration of poultry keeping
In a mallard hunted in the Salem area in the first calendar week of 2022, the Friedrich-Löffler-Institut found low-pathogenic (slightly disease-causing) bird flu viruses of the serotype H7 during preventive routine examinations. The veterinary office at the Bodenseekreis district office therefore asks for increased caution when keeping poultry.
At the end of the previous year, four swans and one goose found dead in the vicinity of Donaueschingen were officially diagnosed with avian influenza of the subtype H5N1. Because of the close proximity to Lake Constance, it is still to be expected that the epidemic will occur again in waterfowl around Lake Constance this winter. The Lake Constance District Veterinary Office rates the risk of further spread in water bird populations and entry into poultry holdings as high. According to the Robert Koch Institute, the risk of transmission to humans is very low.
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